On the use of nudging techniques for regional climate modeling: Application for tropical convection

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1693-1714

  Pohl, Benjamin ^a   Crétat, Julien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Convective parameterizations; Internal variability; MJO; Regional climate modeling; Relaxation nudging experiments; WRF

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84905706441     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1994-3     Document Type: Article

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